Good to see another Grandview user here! I originally used PC-Outline that was included with WordStar all those years ago, but later found Grandview was an upgraded version. I run it now under DosBox. (WordStar, too, when I really need to write seriously.) I'm really surprised that there is still no open source outlining program similar to Grandview. *Thank goodness* Linux can run those old proprietary programs. I would rather have a bag of mosquitoes tied around my head than subscribe to online proprietary software. No way I'm going to be chained to a treadmill. On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:09 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 08:56 -0700, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Adobe doesn't sell CS6 anymore; they're all about the subscription. > > > > What's really cool about the proprietary subscription model is that once > you're not > subscribed, you've lost your data. Who wouldn't enjoy a situation like > that? > > I don't want any of you to think I'm trying to get sympathy, but in 1990 I > started > using a spectacular drawing program called Micorgrafx Windows Draw (MGX > Draw), and > made hundreds of drawings with it. In the late 1990's MGX Draw was sold to > a company > operating out of a PO box, who promptly sunk it but wouldn't release the > source. > Unfortunately for me, I still had the install disk, so even today I have > the option > of running MGX Draw on Wine in order to access my drawings from the > 1990's. Totally > unacceptable. WordPerfect 5.1 is worse: Being a DOS program all I need to > do is copy > the WordPerfect 5.1 install directory to my Linux drive, run it under > FreeDOS, and > access all my 1980's Wordperfect files. This is a horrible invasion of the > past. > > When it came to an outline processor called Grandview, I solved this > problem even > though Grandview wasn't a subscription. I lost the install CD and the > executable > tree, so now I cannot look at my Grandview files at all. This is how > computing > should work: Data over 7 years old must be discarded! > > Subscription software solves this problem elegantly. Imagine your joy when > you go to > open an old file, only to find that you no longer have an executable with > which to > look at the file. Then you might as well no longer back it up, keeping > your backups > smaller. > > I just love proprietary subscription software! > > SteveT > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss